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USS Juneau (LPD-10)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Romeo - Oscar - Papa
 NROP
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons





Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Joint Meritorious Unit Award (2)
Second Row - Navy Unit Commendation - Navy Meritorious Unit Commendation (3) - Navy Battle "E" Ribbon
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal - Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (1-Op. Sharpe Edge, Liberia, 1- Op. Restore Hope, Somalia) - Vietnam Service Medal (2)
Fourth Row - Southwest Asia Service Medal - Humanitarian Service Medal (1-Boat People) - Coast Guard SOS Medal
Fifth Row - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) - Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait)
Cleveland Class Amphibious Transport Dock:
  • Laid down, 23 January 1965, at Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction, Seattle, WA.
  • Launched, 12 February 1966
  • Commissioned USS Juneau (LPD-10), 12 July 1969, CAPT. R. R. Monroe USN, in Command
  • During the Vietnam War USS Juneau participated in the following campaigns:
    Vietnam War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Vietnam Counteroffensive - Phase VII
    23 to 24 August 1970
    11 to 13 October 1970
    31 December 1970 to 2January 1971
    12 to 16 January 1971
    30 January to 3 February 1971
    10 to 16 February 1971
    24 to 27 February 1971
    7 March 1971
    11 to 13 March 1971     		Vietnam Ceasefire
    1 to 18 June 1972
    30 June to 14 July 1972
    23 August to 7 October 1972
    21 to 28 November 1972

  • USS Juneau is currently assigned to the US Pacific Fleet and is a component of COMNAVSURFPAC and is homeported at Sasebo, Japan
  • USS Juneau earned two campaign stars for Vietnam War service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 9,734 t.(lt), 17,326 t.(fl)
    Length 570'
    Beam 100'
    Draft 23 ft.
    Speed 21 kts.
    Complement 24 Officers, 400 Enlisted
    Troop/Flag Staff Capacity 840 Troops, Flag Staff 90
    Boats Assault Craft, (well deck capacity) 1 LCU or 1 LCAC, or 2 LCM-8 or 4 LCM-6, (ships boats) 2 CPL, 1 motor whaleboat
    Armament
    two 25mm MK38 chain guns
    two Phalanx CIWS
    eight 50 cal. machine guns
    Aircraft two CH-46/CH-53 or four UH-1/AH-1, or two AV-8B Harriers
    Propulsion two Foster-Wheeler boilers, two DeLaval steam turbines, 2 Shafts, 24,000 SHP
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    Juneau 278k USS Juneau (LPD-10) passing under the Coronado Bridge at San Diego, CA. in 1986
    US Navy photo    		 Jerry Hays
    Juneau 225k USS Juneau (LPD-10) in Prince William Sound, Valdez, Alaska in the spring of 1989 assisting in the clean up from the Exxon Valdez oil spill. The barge alongside was the decontamination station for the civilian workers Exxon employed for the clean up.
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    Juneau 181k USS Juneau (LPD-10) underway in San Diego harbor, date unknown.
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    Juneau 64k USS Juneau (LPD-10) underway, date and location unknown.
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    Juneau 75k USS Juneau (LPD-10) underway in the summer of 1992 while enroute to Seattle, WA. to take part in the Seattle Sea Fair.
    Photo taken from USS Cape Cod (AD-43).    		 Photo by Lee Nolan STGC(SW) USN, Ret.
    Juneau 77k USS Juneau (LPD-10) underway off the coast of Hawaii, 2 August 1998, while participating in RIMPAC 98.
    US Navy photo # 980802-N-3612M-001 by PH1 James G McCarter.    		 Bill Gonyo
    Juneau 38k USS Juneau (LPD-10) at anchor, Oita, Japan, 1999. Shigeru Motosugi
    Juneau 62k USS Juneau (LPD-10) operates off the coast of Iwo Jima, date unknown. Mount Surabachi stands prominently in the background. made famous by Joe Rosenthal's historical photograph of U.S Marines raising the flag atop the mountain during one of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific during WW II.
    US Navy photo (1-HR-010315-N-9815L-002 from the Navy Newsstand web site    		 Bernard A. Cardali USN, LST-308
    Essex 95k The Essex Amphibious Readiness Group (ARG) steaming in formation in the South Pacific, 11 March 2002. USS Essex (LHD-2) is followed by USS Juneau (LPD-10), USS Germantown (LSD-42) and USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43).
    US Navy photo # 1-020311-N-9802B-003 from the Navy Newsstand web site.    		 Bernard A. Cardali USN, USS LST-308
    Juneau 150k USS Juneau (LPD-10) at anchor in Alaskan waters, date and location unknown. Richard Miller BMCS USNR Ret.
    Juneau 2610k USS Juneau (LPD-10) steams into position during an Expeditionary Strike Force (ESF) exercise in the East China Sea, 16 March 2008. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group (CSG) recently participated in an ESF with the Essex (LHD 2) Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG). The ESF exercise was designed to test the ability of the Strike Groups to plan and conduct multi-task force operations across a broad spectrum of naval disciplines and to refresh skills in completing complex missions that require capabilities that are broader in scope than the individual Strike Groups can provide alone.
    US Navy photo # 080316-N-5484G-093 EAST CHINA SEA (March 16, 2008) by MC3 Joseph Pol Sebastian Gocong.    		 Lee Wahler
    Juneau 1627k USS Juneau (LPD-10) steams in the Andaman Sea. Juneau is part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group, which was standing by in international waters off the coast of Burma in support of Joint Task Force Caring Response a humanitarian assistance operation developed in the wake of Cyclone Nargis.
    US Navy photo # 080523-N-4010S-056 ANDAMAN SEA (May 23, 2008) by MCC Specialist Ty Swartz.    		 Robert M. Cieri
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